Rasmus Berthelsen
Rasmus Storm Josva Berthel Berthelsen (1827–1901) [1] was a Greenlandic teacher, poet, and artist. He was an editor for the Atuagagdliutit. He wrote the Greenland Christmas carol Guterput or Our God. His woodcut Starving Greenlanders is an early example of social commentary in Greenland art. [2] He is most known for his hymns and poetry. He is probably the first Greenlandic author after the Vikings.[3]
References
- ↑ (in Danish)Den Store Danske
- ↑ Bodil Kaalund. The Art of Greenland: Sculpture, Crafts, Painting (1 January 1983)University of California Press. p. 164–168. ISBN 978-0-520-04840-9.
- ↑ Louis-Jacques Dorais. Language of the Inuit: Syntax, Semantics, and Society in the Arctic (28 January 2010)McGill-Queen's Press – MQUP. p. 203–. ISBN 978-0-7735-3646-3.